Job summary
- Main area
- Locum Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
- Contract
- Locum: 12 months
- Hours
- Part time - 7 sessions per week (The team meetings for South Camden are on Thursday afternoons. The psychiatry discipline meetings are on Mondays 1-2pm)
- Job ref
- 260-TP-895-B
- Employer
- Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ampthill Square
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum pro rata, plus London Weighting
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
It is a condition of this employment that you must live in and remain a resident of the United Kingdom during your employment with the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.
Covid-19 Vaccination
Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.
We encourage and support staff to get COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible.
Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
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The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health trust with a focus on training and education alongside a full range of mental health services and psychological therapies for children and their families, young people and adults.
We are committed to improving mental health and emotional wellbeing, believing that high quality mental health services should be available for all who need them. We bring a distinctive contribution based on the importance we attach to social experience at all stages of people’s lives, and our focus on psychological and developmental approaches to the promotion of health and the prevention and treatment of mental ill health
We contribute to the pool of ideas through our own research and development, but are also committed to bringing together the best ideas of the time, old and new, from inside and out, together with the most gifted and able professionals in our fields of endeavour. We aim to share our ideas and practice through as many routes as possible.
As a Trust we aim constantly to be evolving in nature and form in relation to the environment in which we work, to ensure that our contribution remains relevant.
The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
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Job overview
We are seeking a Locum Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to join our South Camden Community CAMHS team for 12 months.
The South Camden Open Minded - Community CAMHS is a busy multi-disciplinary team providing a comprehensive service to young people 0-18 and their families. The team receives approximately 350-500 referrals per year. There is outreach to schools and other community partners. There is close liaison and joint working with the Camden Adolescent Intensive Support Service (CAISS) around more risky cases or for those at risk of inpatient admission.
Main duties of the job
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Working for our organisation
For 100 years, the Tavistock and Portman clinics have embodied a distinctive way of thinking about and understanding mental distress, mental health and emotional wellbeing.
Our vision is to be a leader in mental health care and education, using talking and relational therapies to make a meaningful difference to people’s lives
Our mission is to work in partnership with people, families and communities to provide high-quality specialist mental healthcare, alleviate emotional distress and pioneer innovative education and research
Our values
We strive for excellence
We champion inclusivity
We place compassion at our core
We have respect for each other
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Person specification
Clinical Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent knowledge in child and adolescent psychiatry or psychiatrist in medical psychotherapy
Desirable criteria
- Eligible for inclusion on the Specialist Register or within 6 months of getting CCT
- Wide range of specialist and sub- specialist experience relevant to post withing NHS or comparable service
Experience
Essential criteria
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
- Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Able to deliver postgraduate teaching and training
Desirable criteria
- Wide experience and skill of therapeutic work with children and young people and their families.
- Evidence of working flexibly with team members and with young people providing appointments in a range of community settings.
Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning
Essential criteria
- Participated in continuous professional development
- Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sheva Habel
- Job title
- Medical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
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